There is a tradition of putting small stones on the grave markers in Jewish cemeteries. If you are interested in more information or have wondered about this tradition, please click here:
Translation ... to English "here is buried our dear father reuven son of mr simcha died 24th of nisan 5691 may his soul be bound up in the bond of life"
Rubin (Reuven) and Anna (Chane) Goldberg eventually had 7 children. The five shown here with them in 1915 are from the oldest, Leo (Levi) b.1902 in Kolki, Ukraine, Louis b.1908 in Philadelphia, PA, Hyman b.1909 in Racine, WI, Sidney b.1910 in Kenosha, WI and Mary b.1914 in Milwaukee, WI. Later, also in Milwaukee, would come Isadore b.1916 and Meyer (my father) b.1917. Meyer, Hy and Sidney changed their names from Goldberg to Berg after World War II. Mary married Erv Fishman or Fisher and then they changed their name to Fleischmann. Erv was a holocaust survivor, I believe born in Austria, having spent years at the Auschwitz concentration camp. I have not been able to locate the record for his time there. Because he changed their last name a few times for business reasons, I am unsure what name he actually had before or during the war. I had asked them once about any family history they could share, but it only brought tears and they said there was no history worth remembering and made me promise never to ask again.
Rubin Goldberg came to Milwaukee from the Ukraine via Liverpool, England, Philadelphia, PA and Racine, WI
Rubin Goldberg Family circa 1915
Looking for any information related to Simcha Goldberg (?) born about 1860, of the Town of Kolki, in the area called Wolyn or Volyn, in the County of Luck in Ukraine, who had a son named Reuven (Rubin) born 1881, who married Chane Goldberg (Annie/Anna R) born 1879 or 1883, possibly the daughter of Morris and Annie Muriel Goldberg, also of Kolki or Gorodok/Grodek, Volyn, Luck, Ukraine.
Rubin Goldberg came to the US on the S.S. Haverford, via Philadelphia in 1904. Annie followed in 1907 with their son Leo (Levi) Goldberg. She boarded the S.S. Zeeland out of Antwerp, of the Clydebank shipline, to New York and through Ellis Island. By 1910 they had moved from Philadelphia to Racine and Kenosha, Wisconsin and then to Milwaukee, where Rubin Goldberg passed in 1931. The only way I know of his father is from the inscription on his grave marker, which says he is the son of Simche, and Annie listed her father-in-law as Ychiku Goldberg on her arrival, ship's manifest as her closest relative in Kolky, where she came from. She did not write or read English, so the spelling may be off.
I think there was at least one sister or sister-in-law, who also lived in Milwaukee. Her name may have been Rose - and I want so much to find and talk to cousins or anyone who may have information about them, to learn more about our family and especially if you have photos or stories of who and where they came from. Please email me. cmrhere@aol.com
To the right, click to download an Excel file I created in 2007 that has tabs for searches I did and then manually downloaded in groups to compile lists for Gorodok and Kolk arrivals (I used just "Kolk" so most spelling variations of Kolki, Kolky would show). My grandmother, Chane Goldberg and son Levi Goldberg arrived in 1907. Rows 236, 237 on the Kolk tab.
To locate people, you can look down the list or if you know the year of arrival - you can filter the column to look at them. Then, you'll see hyperlinks in the right columns that will go directly to the Ellis records. You will need to sign in with your Ellis Island registration name and password - or create one, if you don't already have one.
Looking through the list of names - clicking to see their manifest records and reading the far right columns of the actual manifests, may give clues to the many people who came from the same areas in the Ukraine, who they left behind or who they were coming to meet here in the USA.
Questions about the spreadsheet or how to use it? - Email me: cmrhere@aol.com
